kern/39546: Username restrictions are too short (16 characters)

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>Number:         39546
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Username restrictions are too short (16 characters)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    kern-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Sep 14 17:55:00 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Randolf Richardson
>Release:        NetBSD-4/200809120002Z
>Organization:
Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
>Environment:
NetBSD netbsd.testing.lumbercartel.ca 4.0_STABLE NetBSD 4.0_STABLE 
(LUMBERCARTEL.MP) #0: Sat Sep 13 15:47:14 PDT 2008  
root%netbsd.conti.ca@localhost:/usr/obj/sys/arch/amd64/compile/LUMBERCARTEL.MP 
amd64

>Description:
Unable to create usernames longer than 16 characters with the useradd command.  
Increasing the limit to 256 would be very helpful, but I'm not sure how many 
tools would need to be updated to support this.

>How-To-Repeat:
useradd test5678901234567

>Fix: